61, Report:
#1005892
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2013
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Author House Publishing AuthorHouse Refund of $0.00 for $2,299 Package, Internet
I purchased the Pinaccle Package from Authorhouse's Self-Publishing deals online and made a full payment of $2,299. It was for my very first book. A children's novel entitled - only about 120 pages long. I had never been published before and, at twenty years old, thought it would be...
Entity
Author House Publishing
Categories: Book Publishers
62, Report:
#1005655
Posted Date:
Jan 29 2013
Xlibris publishing ripoffs they went into my bank account when they were told not to and stole a payment when i already canceled my account with them in plenty of time and they refuse to pay any overdraft fees that they made ha bloomington, Indiana
Xlibris Publishing stole money out of my account after which i canceled my payment plan with them because of the hidden lies this so called ripoff company promises and when you cancel with them they tell you that you're going to get your money back. then they hit you with all theses...
Entity
Xlibris publishing
Categories: Book Publishers
63, Report:
#972476
Posted Date:
Jan 24 2013
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Trafford Publishing books, Xlibris, Palibrio, Author House, author solutions Trafford Publishing's scams Bloomington, Indiana
Ive read countless of negative comments online about Trafford Publishing and I was skeptical to believe those at first, but now I believe everything I read about this book, which in my opinion is a criminal organization. They are shameful comments, so Trafford should be ashamed. Aft...
Entity
Trafford Publishing
Categories: Book Publishers
64, Report:
#999899
Posted Date:
Jan 20 2013
Authorhouse publishing company 1st Books previously Authorhouse selling my book on Amazon, Barnes, for 20 years without my knowledge This is same as http://www.ripoffreport.com/book-publishers/authorhouse/authorhouse-publishing-scam-b-c27f2.htm post. Bloomingdate, Internet
same as complaint - http://www.ripoffreport.com/book-publishers/authorhouse/authorhouse-publishing-scam-b-c27f2.htm Wrote novel in early 90's and self published (ha ha) with 1st Books, which apparently became Authorhouse. I purchased 100 copies in 2003 of my...
Entity
Authorhouse publishing company
Categories: Questionable Activities
65, Report:
#996548
Posted Date:
Jan 14 2013
Iuniverse AuthorHouse, Other ? Betrayal, Deception, Theft of Intellectual Property, Fraud, Monetary Theft, Psychological Trauma and Pain Internet
In 2007 I had three books published via IUniverse - a company that worked with me via the Internet and phone calls - through the completion of each manuscript / book - with everything relatively easy to access via thier site up until that point. Once sales began, however, I co...
Entity
Iuniverse
Categories: Internet Fraud
66, Report:
#971431
Posted Date:
Jan 12 2013
Xlibris Publishing So I purchased the premium package with Xlibris to publish my first book of my first series, my horror started with the author represenative, they left out four pages of my book, all the reviews from Bloomington Indiana
I hired Xlibiris to publish my first book in my first series. I purchased the premium package which basically includes almost everything, it included an editor. The funny thing about the editor, all of my reviews have been complaints about the grammer and the edititing, the reviews ...
Entity
Xlibris Publishing
Categories: Book Publishers
67, Report:
#992780
Posted Date:
Jan 07 2013
Xlibris Publishing Ray Olgers Printing Department Xlibris the scamers outsource book printing to companies that use inferior paper for the quality and price of my book Camels to Caviar She declined to send me a sample copy of the book being publi Bloomington, Indiana
Since the get go, Xlibris has been horrible to work with. Between editing, printing, absolutely not one sale from their contact marketing list and now to see that they are printing an inferior book and charging $29.99 for something that looks like it was printed in China or In...
Entity
Xlibris Publishing
Categories: Book Publishers
68, Report:
#991875
Posted Date:
Jan 05 2013
Authorhouse Author Solutions gross misrepresentation Bloomington, Indiana
Having previously published 5 books with McGraw Hill and Princeton University Press, I am not a novice in working with publishing houses. However, dealing with Authorhouse with my 6th book was by far my most frustrating, unproductive and disappointing interaction with a publishing...
Entity
Authorhouse
Categories: Book Publishers
69, Report:
#990454
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2013
AuthorHouse Read Before Signing With AuthorHouse Internet
My experience with AuthorHouse was a costly nightmare. As a
matter of policy, AuthorHouse won't disclose the royalty rate it will pay
authors or the estimated publication cost of a book, even when asked directly.
Royalty rates can't be found on their website and employees woul...
Entity
AuthorHouse
Categories: Book Publishers
70, Report:
#977031
Posted Date:
Dec 03 2012
XLIBRIS Publishing Company SCAM Publishers Bloomington, Indiana
After spending 2+ years putting together my late stepfather's WWII memoir, including photos, captions, dialogue and researching other unit members who were motion photographers during the Italian Campaign and served with him, I was very happy that the promise I made to Burke that I ...
Entity
XLIBRIS Publishing Company
Categories: Sales People